Saturday, September 10, 2016

Employment Pass/S-Pass Self Assessment Tool

Are you a foreigner looking for job in Singapore? You may now go through self assessment tool to find out if you are eligible to obtain employment pass or S-Pass. The tool's outcome however, is not an actual result or indication if your pass will be approved.Please check it out at https://services.mom.gov.sg/sat/satservletNote that not all employers are ready and prepared to hire a foreigner for every position. Please check the list of jobs where employers indicated that they are ready to consider foreign candidate at https://singapore.job-q.com/jobs-open-to-foreigners.htmGood Luck!

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Unlicensed Employment Agency: Avoid at all costs

In finding a job in Singapore through employment agencies, we advise job seekers to engage and work only with Licensed Employment Agency.

According to Employment Agencies Act of Singapore, it is an offence for a person or company to engage an unlicensed employment agency, and such offence carries maximum fine of $5,0001

Prior to engage the service of employment agency, it is advised to perform some due dilligence to check and verify that the employment agency holds a valid license. Please go to Ministry of Manpower webpage http://services.mom.gov.sg/eadirectory/ for verification.

Member of the public, who has any information on unlicensed employment agency activities, should report to Ministry of Manpower at mom_fmmd@mom.gov.sg or call 6438 5122.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Singapore Employment Situation in Q3 2015

Quoted from MOM Press Release on Singapore employment situation in 3rd quarter of 2015:Employment growth continued to moderate from last year, resident unemployment remained low but edging up Overview

Employment continued to rise and redundancies fell for the third
consecutive quarter. Resident and citizen unemployment edged up but
remained low. These are the key preliminary findings from the
“Employment Situation, Third Quarter 2015” report released by the
Manpower Research and Statistics Department, Ministry of Manpower
(MOM).

Main Findings

Unemployment

Preliminary estimates showed that the overall seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged over the quarter at 2.0%
in September 2015. Unemployment edged up among residents (2.8% to 3.0%)
and citizens (2.9% to 3.1%), amid softer economic conditions. MOM and
the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) stand ready to help
displaced local workers to re-skill and upgrade so that they are able to
take on new jobs.

Employment growth

Overall employment grew by 16,400 in the third quarter of 2015,
faster than in the last quarter (9,700), as a result of growth in
services and construction. However, taken as a whole, employment growth
in the first three quarters of 2015 has moderated compared to a year
ago.

There were 3,644,000 persons in employment in September 2015,
which was 1.7% higher than a year ago, compared to 2.2% in June 2015.

Redundancy

Layoffs declined for the third consecutive quarter. Some 2,900 workers were laid off, down from 3,250 in the preceding quarter.

For More Information

The “Employment Situation, Third Quarter 2015” report is available on the Ministry of Manpower’s website at http://stats.mom.gov.sg. More comprehensive labour market data will be released in the “Labour Market Report, Third Quarter 2015” on 15 December 2015.